Treatise on Instrumentation


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This influential work appraises the musical qualities and potential of over 60 stringed, wind, and percussion instruments. Includes 150 full-score musical examples from works by Berlioz, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, others. Foreword by Richard Strauss.







Principles of Orchestration


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Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works is a book by a famous Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, member of the group of composers known as The Five. The book presents a notable attempt to show all of the nuances of orchestration. The author describes everything one needs to know about arranging parts for a string or full orchestra. The book is concise, articulate and excels at being both a book of reference and a book of general knowledge.




ORCHESTRATION


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Nineteenth-Century Opera and the Scientific Imagination


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Explores the rich and varied interactions between nineteenth-century science and the world of opera for the first time.







Anatomy of the Orchestra


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Before his death in 1994, Norman Del Mar was acknowledged as one of the world's foremost authorities on the orchestra. Anatomy of the Orchestra is written not only for fellow conductors, players, students, and professional musicians, but also for everyone interested in the performance of orchestral music.




Berlioz's Orchestration Treatise


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This is a book both by and about Berlioz, providing not only a translation but also an extensive commentary on his text, dealing with the instruments of Berlioz's time and comparing his instruction with his practice.




The Technique of Contemporary Orchestration


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(Misc). Originally published in 1948, this orchestration manual is one of the cornerstone texts on the topic, but has never before been published in English. Profusely illustrated with musical examples, this manual gives technical and subjective advice about writing for each of the instruments of the orchestra. Paperback, 278 pages.




Orchestration


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A college-level music text that develops the student's knowledge of musical instruments, and their function in the orchestra